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아가사

2022

阿加莎

Agatha (아가사) is a Korean original mystery musical inspired by Agatha Christie’s real-life 1926 disappearance, reimagined as a psychological thriller about authorship, identity, and buried memory. The work later reached China through a licensed Chinese-language production in 2021–2022.

아가사

English:

Agatha

Korean:

아가사

Country: China | Language: Chinese

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ORIGIN

2013, written by Ko Sun-woong with music by Choi Jeong-yoon, produced by Asia Bridge Contents as part of the "Kim Soo-ro Project," premiered at Dongguk University Lee Hae-rang Arts Theater in Seoul. The musical blends biographical speculation with a fictionalized detective structure, using tango rhythms, dual timelines, and mirrored staging to explore the author’s missing eleven days and the darker half of her imagination.

STORY

At age 36, Agatha Christie vanishes for eleven days, returning with no memory of the missing period. Decades later, a letter signed “R” forces her to confront the truth she has avoided, triggering a journey back into fractured memories, unfinished manuscripts, and the figure of Roy, a seductive alter ego born from resentment and despair. As Agatha revisits the nightmarish maze of her disappearance, reality and fiction overlap, revealing that the mystery she must solve is herself. The musical frames the story like a locked-room detective novel, but its core is psychological rather than criminal.

POSTER COLLECTION

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KOREAN RUNS

2013 – Premiere, Asia Bridge Contents at Dongguk University Lee Hae-rang Arts Theater, Seoul

The musical has been restaged multiple times with new casts and design revisions, most recently by Nine Story Entertainment.

GLOBAL STAGINGS & ADAPTATIONS

China – Shanghai (2021–2022)
Licensed adaptation – Chinese-language production at China Grand Theatre
Ran from December 22, 2021 to January 16, 2022 with alternating casts led by Zheng Yunlong, Jiang Qianru, and Zhu Fei. The production was co-created by Chinese and Korean teams and re-scaled for a large proscenium venue, emphasizing visual refinement, star casting, and commercial positioning within the growing Chinese musical market. Publicity focused on Agatha Christie’s global name value and the prestige of staging a Korean-origin work in one of Shanghai’s major musical theatres.

REFERENCES

Namu Wiki – Korean production overview

https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%95%84%EA%B0%80%EC%82%AC(%EB%AE%A4%EC%A7%80%EC%BB%AC)

     

Huanghepiao – Shanghai performance listing

https://www.huanghepiao.com/event/29556/

     

Zhihu – Chinese performance review and analysis

https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/526713398

     

Baidu Baike – Chinese licensed production entry

https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%98%BF%E5%8A%A0%E8%8E%8E/59681308

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